White mold or Sclerotina stem rot may cause more damage to soybeans this year after the cool, wet growing conditions. Fungicides like Proline from Bayer CropScience and Incognito from MANA Crop Protection may be used to treat the disease once it has infected soybeans....More
A Purdue University study finds that, unless a corn crop is at risk of developing fungal diseases, farmers would be smart to skip fungicide treatments that promise increased yields....More
Team FIN member Daryl Bridenbaugh of Pandora, OH, says that his fields were so wet that he couldn't haul manure out into them, and he ordered a new grain dryer in anticipation of wet corn at harvest. It was the wettest spring in Ohio history....More
Syngenta announced a new seed treatment called Vibrance that will enhance root growth. The product is approved in Argentina and Syngenta expects registration for all crops worldwide in two years....More
The wet, cold spring will help white mold grow on soybeans. A fungicides from SipcamAdvan called Contans WG and from MANA Crop Protection called Incognito will help control white mold....More
This month AGCO added a 290 PTO horsepower model to its 2011 Massey Ferguson 8600 Series and Challenger MT600D Series high-horsepower row crop tractors. The new MF8690 and Challenger 685D are now the largest of both series, which range from 205 to 275 PTO....More
BASF's new fungicide called Xemium with a new active ingredient from the carboxamide family should be on the market next year. Nick Fassler, BASF technical market manager, explains the benefits of Xemium and the products spawned from it....More
In the photo above, untreated soybeans (left) are shown alongside soybeans that received a combination treatment of Ballad Plus (1 qt./acre) and strobilurin (3 oz./acre)....More
